Is the US safer? - Page 2

Originally posted by Common ManIt is expected that terrorism will rise a little during the war on terror. We are going after them and they are fighting back. We are, however, breaking their codes and getting into their inner workings. It is a tuff battle to stay one step ahead of these people, but so far we are. We must error on the side of caution in these times. Terror was like a festering wound deap in the heart of humanity. Cutting it out is not not easy and is sometimes messy, but I believe it is what has to be done to secure the future of the free world.

It's worse than that CM. We aren't apparently having an impact! Get it?

And yes it's really quite amazing the parallels you could draw between our times and 1984 or Brazil.

Keep em' busy with distraction and they won't pay any attention to the real problem.

Without the need for difference or a need to always follow the herd breeds complacency, mediocrity, and a lack of imagination

The Clintons depleated our military and intelligence capabilities to where we could do little or nothing. The Clintons did little when we were attacked . They fired a few rockets at supposed AQ camps and accomplished nothing. It has taken Presidient Bush three years just to get the military machine oiled once again.

Originally posted by Common ManThe Clintons depleated our military and intelligence capabilities to where we could do little or nothing. The Clintons did little when we were attacked . They fired a few rockets at supposed AQ camps and accomplished nothing. It has taken Presidient Bush three years just to get the military machine oiled once again.

The same military that toppled Afghanistan and Iraq? The same military equipment that Rumsfeld pushed for? The same small elite forces Cheney argued for in the Senate? All prior to and during the Clinton administration?

"The selfishness of Ayn Rand capitalism is the equivalent of intellectual masturbation -- satisfying in an ego-stroking way, but an ethical void when it comes to our commonly shared humanity."

If there is a sudden rise in terrorism, the BushCorp will say that we need to continue or ramp up the war on terrorism. If there is a decline in terrorism, BushCorp will say that current policies are working and we should continue or ramp up the war on terrorism.

In reality, as a result of the Iraq war and BushCorp foreign policy, the whole world is less safe now. The sharp rise in terrorist statistics since the start of the the war prove that. What about in the US? International terrorism here is extremely rare and always has been. Americans have a much greater chance of being hit by lightning than a terrorists bomb. Americans have an incalculably greater probability of being hit by domestic terrorists, such as inner city (Bloods, Crips etc) gangbangers doing carjackings, bankrobberies, or drive-by shootings etc etc etc etc.

Al Qaeda? Foreign terrorism? In America, they barely register on the risk chart, compared to the other hazards of living. If Bush gets 4 more years though, we shall probably have to revise that.

We the public deserve an honest complete review of the facts with scientific interpretation and implications as to what really happened on 9/11. Bill Binney, Former senior technical director, NSA.

George W. Bush, August 2nd 2004: Let me talk about the intelligence in Iraq. First of all, we all thought wed find stockpiles of weapons. We may still find weapons. We havent found them yet. Every person standing up here would say, 'Gosh, we thought it was going to be different.; As did congress, by the way. Member of both parties. And the United Nations. But what we do know is that Saddam Hussein had the capability of making weapons. And ... umm but let me just say this to you. Knowing what I know today, we still would have gone on into Iraq. We still would have gone to make our country more secure. He had the capability of making weapons. He had terrorist ties. The decision I made was the right decision. The world is better off without Saddam Hussein in power.